sacred verses
Divine written words
Sacred verses are passages from religious texts considered holy, divinely inspired, or spiritually authoritative.
They may come from scriptures like the Bible, Quran, Torah, Vedas, or other religious writings, and are often recited in worship, meditation, or ritual contexts.
The congregation chanted sacred verses during the ceremony.
The phrase emphasizes the reverent status accorded to particular words, distinguishing them from ordinary or secular text.
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- holy scriptureReligious text from deity
- Guru Granth SahibSikh sacred scripture
- Gregorian chantsMedieval Catholic liturgical melodies
- Bhagavad GitaHindu philosophical dialogue
Psalms · Sermon on the Mount · prayer · call to prayer · Zend-Avesta · Upanishads · Quran · divine word · Torah · Vedas · hymns · hymn singing · chant · Tao Te Ching · incantation · revelation · chapter and verse · worship
- sacred textsBible, Vedas, Quran, Upanishads, Torah
- Buddhist devotionBuddhist prayers, morning prayers, healing prayers, peace prayers, offering prayers
- GurbaniGuru Granth Sahib, var, Dasam Granth, recitation
- Hindu ScripturesVedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana
- Ifadiviner, diviners, signs
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, rhyme
sacred versesdrinking songs
Lyrics for toasting together
limericks · doggerel · light verse · popular songs · folk songs
sacred versesblasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
profanity · curses · obscenities · cursing